, 1887-11-24
A FATAL sEO0TIEG AFFRAY
Friedrich Found GuIty of Murder in
the First Degree.

WAsHINaroN, Nov. I7.-Assistant
Secretary Maynard. Of the Treasury
department, has just is-Hcd to collect
ors of customs in the United States.
stating that tA" department is i'll re
CcIpt uf trustworthy information to
the effect thai persons are actively
engaged IA smuggling opium by way
Of the Canadian Pacific railway,
which II successfully smuggled Is TO
be shipped 10 San Francisco and
| other Pacitir coast points. Collectors
are instructed TO Use their utmost
vigilance 20 prevent such Illegal i'm
portaticn- and arrcs- ali persons do
ing SO.
The W@r department has just is
sued thc ctier Tor the Abandonment
OF the military post at Fort Candy at
the mouth ui The Columbia river, and
that the Two Companies Of troops
stationed there proceed to San iran
cisco. Seuat Is Mitchell and Dolph
| have cxcrtcd themselves 10 prevent
| the transfer OF the troops but their
| effort have been III vain. The rca-
sen gwen for the change is that with
the new railway lines traversing the
coast. troops can be transferred from
San Francisco the interior of Ore
gon OF Washington Territory as
speedily as though they were sta
toned at Font Candy, for in the lat
ter case they would be compelled to
rely to q great extent upon water
| lines of travel which are much Slow
er than railways
NFw York, Nov. 17.-Sir Charles
Tupper, Canadian representative en-
| the Fisheries commission, arrived
here yesterday with a staff of srcre-
taries and assistants. In answer to Il
question AS 10 the Canadian pres
treatment Of Chamberlain's appoints
ment he said: "Chamberlain', ap-
pointment Is quite satisfactory to the
Canadian government and to large
minority of the representatives in
Parliament. Talk to the contrary
comes from opposition papers.
SAN FRANCIsco, Nov. 17-Stcamcr
Beigic arrived from the Orient this
morning bringing the following ad.
vices: The great American ''conccs-
sion" bubble has burst. The Tsaingli
4amen, which has practically sr-
premc power in all matters of foreign
policy, has cancelled the contract
made by Eiceroy Ii Hung Chang.
The vessels sent out in quest of the
missing British guuboat Wasp,
which carried scventy-two men. have
returned without finding any traces.
| The boilers of the river steamer Tom
kin exploded Oct L. Over sixty
passengers We're killed The cholera
Is raging at Chi loo and hundreds
are dying daily. 1t is reported that
the new telegraph connection made
after the junction with Russian lines,
whlbh gave the great Northwestern
telegraph company sixteen years mo-
nopoly, has been rejected. China is
about to join her lines with Burman
lines.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Thos. NJ. Green.
correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, and Col. L. ID.
Baldwin, OF Nichol!sville, had a
shooting atfray on the street i'll this
city yesterday, III which Baldwin was
killed and Green seriously wounded.
Green had charged Baldwin and 9th.
erS with being concerned in the theft
of the poll books, committed after
the August election. and Baldwin
had denounced Green in the strongest
language, and had published a chal
leuge, offering to fight him.
1T is thought by some people here
that Canada wants TO get too much
and concede too little. 1t is true |
have very different impression.
Canada would regard with great fa-
vor any settlement that would dispose
OF and set at rest any question dis
turbing the public mind in relation
to affairs between Canada and the
United States"
Ell PAso, Nov. 1.-THE Union
Powder works, seven miles north of
this city, blew up yesterday. S. L.
Carter, a laborer, was Instantly killed
and D. Garlick fatally injured,
SEATTLE, Nov, 1.-THE Jury in the
Friedrich case We're out but fifteen
minutes when they returned the yer-
dict Of guilty of murder in the first
degree. Notice Was given for Il mo
ton for new trial, which Judge
Jones set for hearing on on the 25th
inst. Morphine has been discovered
IN the prisoners clothing.
| DUBLIN, Nov. William O'Brien
1t Is stated today is getting weaker
under prison treatment. HIS friends
hourly expect MS death as he comes
OF a consumptive family. Excite
ment among the Irish here is intense
with respect to ParnelFs continued
silence and wild spirits are getting
the upper hand.
SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. l7-Seneca
A. Swaine, accused with Mrs. Clara
Belle Mcdonald Of forgery, was ar
raISned today on a charge of grand
larceny The complaint was sued
out by Il. II Mcdonald, Jr. He
charges SWaiEe with stealing his
wlfc's jewels valued at $4,000 after
arraignment the case went over until
tomorrow.
LoNDoN. Nov. 17.-Gencral VaIen-
tine Baker, who iE 1915 while hold
| i"S5 '-t' dpPoIhtHCNJ OF assistant
qu"ltermaster general at AIdershot
was compelled 10 leave service on be.
lag found gHilty of misdemeanor, is
dead. He WAS 81 years old
Hancock, Mich. Nov. I7.-The
packing house OF the Hancock chem
zeal works was blown up this morning
and six Tcn killed
CANTuN, Nov. 1.-THE steamer
Nah 1eum" has been DESTROYED bv
fire in the Caulon nvcr About -four
h"Adred Passengers are supposed to
have been lost.
San DIEGo, Nov. 17-The Japaneso
man OF var, isknba. arrived here last
evening AID diopped ancho..
San F&ANyI.co, Nov. I7.-Clearea,
StGallrr Mrxi;., pi1rr.t ~;.rrl = Ill